Randy Quaid Banned From Union For Abusive, Lewd Behavior

Gothamist:

If the would-be Broadway-bound musical Lone Star Love is half as entertaining as the backstage drama, then sign us up: Randy Quaid, the show's former star, has been banned from the Actors' Equity union for life because of abusive, lewd and just plain crazy behavior during the show's Seattle run. Quaid has also been fined $81,572, which equals two weeks pay for the cast of the $6.5 million show; producers claim they had to prematurely close because of Quaid's hi jinks. The Post's Michael Riedel got the rap sheet:

* Quaid hit an actor on the back of the head four times during performances. When the stage manager told him to stop, he smacked the actor again.
* Another actor was warned that if he made direct eye contact with Quaid onstage, he'd be fired.
* Quaid made "sexually inappropriate" comments onstage, repeatedly referring to an actress' musical instruments as her "gynecological instruments."

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Comments

[martinchill]

he looks like he's prepping for a starring role as rob reiner.

[rektruax]

Ah geez shut-up meatheat...

[KarenZipdrive]

Just the full length fur alone makes me question his sanity. He needs to give it back to Hagrid and stop being a horse's ass.

[TJS]

Brother Dennis got the looks, got the starring parts, got the pretty ex-wife... Maybe Randy's got raging sibling rivalry.

[Grulg]

Always liked this guy-from way back in the early '80's when he was doing things like playing Lenny in the 'Mice and Men' tv movie w/ Baretta there. But-he needs to get off the booze and stop being an idiot by the looks of things here.

[AurigaRa]

Randy baby - this is no way to revive a dead, um, career.

Your past attempts at selling yourself as slimmer and handsomer seems to have failed.

You should be glad anyone will hire you with this kind of crap attached.

I'd rather watch "Vacation" reruns.

[Cowtippin]

As a friend of Randy I can tell you this is all bullshit and these nobody actors are just trying to get him booted from the show....why? because they want a nobody actor who will get paid half the amount Randy is banking so these little fucks can ask for more cash. To hell with them...I off to my sex and drug party with Randy.

[larry278]

Many actors are progressives & cultivate a trait called social responsibility, for want of better words. Members of the WGA may decide to coin a more concise & exciting but more accurate term for this trait after the WGA wins its current strike with a just settlement. The WGA showed social responsibility by using their strike to kill most award TV shows for this year. If the WGA strike kills the Academy Awards TV show for this year, the WGA will have a clean sweep.
Hollywood's bull shit artists can be counted on to create another more obnoxious format for Hollywood's orgies of self congratulation since the WGA's strike killed the old, obscene, precious award show format

[Liberalfrombirth]

It sounds like he's either off his meds or needs to GET some mental medical attention. This is not silly "look at me" behavior. The guy is either mentally ill or staying (illegally) drugged or boozed up. The other part of the story is that many many people are now out of work because of this. Actors lives are hard enough without losing a show because of one person's problems. It's a shame, all around. I hope he gets help.

[tinkaboutit]

ZOMG that was funny. Thanks for the laugh Hufpo. I needed that.

[godlessclif]

If national lampoon had a camera there, Quaid would have gotten paid for that behavior.

All actors are nuts, that is why they become Scientologists. Send for Tom Cruise

[Eric8869]

Randy Quaid? Are you kidding me...he's barely a star..more like a footnote. He needs to get over himself.

[slobone]

One of the most talented actors around. But this isn't the first time he's behaved "erratically". Me, I blame wifie...

[larry278]

This day, Chinese New Year, has been a bad day for ass holes. Mitt Romney dropped out of the race for POTUS too. Dick Cheney is probably hunkered down in a bunker at the Green Briar to delay getting what he has earned. Fate & bad karma can be a bitch. Paybacks are a real bad bitch to boot.
Slick Willy may be laying low today-just in case.

[rektruax]

I think his antics are awesome... He's seems to be suffering from a mental disorder though. Back when Pastorius was going nuts around New York, I viewed it as a real "fuck you" to all the boring little conformists in what is supposed to be an expressive field. Granted there is a question of professionalism, but like I said, there seems to be a mental disorder at work here.

As actors go, Randy isn't the pretty male lead his brother ended up being, but he shows a remarkable amount of depth for a (primarily) comic actor. His string of roles in 70's break-through films should speak volumes to the uninitiated.

[Alvin4NY]

He'll soon be starring in a straight-to-video release via the Internet, with Tom Sizemore. He's been batshit crazy ever since he tried to sue the producers of "Brokeback Mountain" for making too much money on an independent film.

[slobone]

He had a point with that suit. Actors in independent films are often paid way below their usual fees. Why shouldn't they get something back if the film makes big bucks? Of course, his part was kind of... tiny. And he dropped the suit, so I guess we'll never know how much merit it had.

[Alvin4NY]

He was a fool. That role in "Brokeback" was great for him, it showed him in a totally different range, and I was impressed by that. I'm also impressed by actors who understand those types of quality roles, and choose to forego cash for the sake of improving their craft and diversifying their cache of performances. The lawsuit, and now all of this bad publicity is not representative of an actor in line with building an image- This just sounds like very bad handlers having a horrible effect on an otherwise great career.

[tmt35]

If another person told me that I was not allowed to look directly at him I would tell him he was a ridiculous idiot or knock the hell out of him considering the other things that he allegedly said and did (what the hell?). I am amazed at what "celebrities" get away with. Obviously he has been allowed to behave this way for a while to think he could do it on this production. It is just stupid! I read some of these stories in this section and it is like these people have created another universe for themselves.

[Ramirez]

Actually an eye contact ban is not uncommon in stage and screen performances. Cast and crew not directly involved in the scene do NOT look directly at the eyes of an actor working his role. Unexpected eye contact is a distraction and can throw an actor and a scene.

Having stated that, I think Quaid sounds like a raving, arrogant, B-list nutjob has-been who is working way past his use-by date.

[tmt35]

I am familiar with that "rule" but the article states that this was a fellow actor on stage that HE threatened to fire if the actor made eye contact. I would have laughed in his face. I think he has gotten a "little too big for his britches" as mom would say.

[caesarf]

I've never heard of an eye contact ban for stage work, maybe it's just a film thing.

[tekla]

Marilyn Manson pulls the same stuff - Don't look at me crap. Perhaps herself and Randy might get together and party.